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Hempstead and Howard County Farmers Market
Have you seen those stands on the side of the road with all those vegetables and fruit for sale. Do you often wonder where all of it came from? Well Hempstead and Howard County Farmers’ […]
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Fulton City Council Meets, Holds Hearing
The Fulton City Council met Monday June 3rd at the Fulton Community Center. As part of the meeting, the Council held a hearing to gather input on community needs for an outdoor recreation grant.
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Jennifer Marie Smith Baker
Jennifer Marie Smith Baker departed this earthly realm on June 2, 2019 to be with her Lord in Heaven. Jennifer was born to Ellen Byers Smith and Archie Smith on October 22, 1946 in Hope, […]
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City worker injured in Sunday electric mishap
PRESCOTT – A city electric department employee was seriously injured in a Sunday evening mishap. According to Prescott Mayor Terry Oliver, Lynn Gillard and Bill Hubbard were checking out a transformer problem on Joyce Street […]
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State Farm business of the month
PRESCOTT – Congratulations to State Farm Insurance Agency – Lee Doucet on being named the June 2019 Business of the Month.State Farm Insurance has been a cornerstone in Nevada County for more than four decades. […]
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Jewel Briggs
Mrs. Jewel Briggs, age 75 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away May 31, 2019, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Funeral services are incomplete at this time. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of BRAZZEL/CORNISH The Funeral of […]
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Blevins School Reunion
There was laughter and maybe a few tears as Blevins school alumni got together at Hempstead Hall on the first day of June. Alumni such at Red McClain from the class of 1945 and Dr. […]
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James Peyton
James “Jim” William Peyton, 77, of Dover, died Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home in Russellville. The son of James and Estelle Irene (Davis) Peyton, he was born July 7, 1941, in […]
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Human Remains Found Near Fulton
Human remains found near Fulton on Friday could belong to a missing 4 year old girl from Houston. Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton told a Shreveport television station his agency, the state police, and others […]
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Livestock report
Hope Livestock Auction, Hope, AR Weighted Average Report for Thursday May 16, 2019 Cattle Receipts: 1079 Last week: 629 Last year: 1086 Notice: This report will soon be available through the MARS platform and My […]
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NSB agrees to freeze superintendent’s salary
ROSSTON – Nevada Superintendent Rick McAfee asked the Nevada School Board, at its May meeting Thursday night, to freeze his salary at the 2018-19 level and not give him a raise. This isn’t the first […]
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Recess returns to primary schools
LITTLE ROCK – Elementary school students in Arkansas will get at least 40 minutes a day of recess under legislation approved earlier this year by the General Assembly.Act 641 of 2019 amends state law concerning […]